crosser

noun

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"crosser" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“crosser” is uncommon English (frequency #85,139 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,139
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who crosses; agent noun of cross

Corpus desk

Index EN-crosser · crosser · English

crosser · rank #85,139 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,139
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH croaker

Nearest frequency peer: croaker (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “crosser”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “crosser” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for crosser
PropertyValue
Headwordcrosser
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#85,139
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “crosser” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).crosserfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “croaker” (#85,138), “cuffing” (#85,142), “Cotillard” (#85,135). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “crosser” is #85,139. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crosser is uncommon English at frequency #85,139 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who crosses; agent noun of cross".

No generated misspelling entries exist for crosser in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From cross (verb) + -er. The correct English form is crosser, spelled C-R-O-S-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Someone who crosses; agent noun of cross

Etymology

From cross (verb) + -er.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crosser"?
"crosser" is spelled C-R-O-S-S-E-R.
What does "crosser" mean?
As a noun, "crosser" means: Someone who crosses; agent noun of cross
What is the origin of the word "crosser"?
From cross (verb) + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crosser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

croaker#85,138cuffing#85,142cultist#85,145chaebol#85,104

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list